# Sasha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sasha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Russian |
| Meaning | “alexander”, “alexandra” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 40,238 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,746 / 38,492 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,719, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from the Slavic diminutive form of Alexander and Alexandra; in English mostly from Russian Са́ша (Sáša), a diminutive form for both Алекса́ндр m (Aleksándr, “Alexander”) and Алекса́ндра f (Aleksándra, “Alexandra”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 858 | 374 |
| 2012 | 694 | 450 |
| 2013 | 707 | 433 |
| 2014 | 543 | 565 |
| 2015 | 578 | 542 |
| 2016 | 589 | 528 |
| 2017 | 604 | 519 |
| 2018 | 539 | 573 |
| 2019 | 477 | 631 |
| 2020 | 482 | 605 |
| 2021 | 529 | 573 |
| 2022 | 463 | 637 |
| 2023 | 483 | 620 |
| 2024 | 464 | 638 |
| 2025 | 414 | 684 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 3,587 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3,986 |
| 2013 | 22 | 4,436 |
| 2014 | 20 | 4,835 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,216 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,077 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,719 |
| 2018 | 33 | 3,430 |
| 2019 | 32 | 3,558 |
| 2020 | 45 | 2,749 |
| 2021 | 54 | 2,489 |
| 2022 | 45 | 2,863 |
| 2023 | 47 | 2,765 |
| 2024 | 60 | 2,363 |
| 2025 | 47 | 2,748 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 189 | 258 |
| 2012 | 209 | 241 |
| 2013 | 120 | 376 |
| 2014 | 138 | 330 |
| 2015 | 120 | 377 |
| 2016 | 92 | 475 |
| 2017 | 108 | 405 |
| 2018 | 79 | 532 |
| 2019 | 71 | 570 |
| 2020 | 72 | 550 |
| 2021 | 65 | 594 |
| 2022 | 59 | 638 |
| 2023 | 59 | 627 |
| 2024 | 48 | 776 |
| 2025 | 36 | 973 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## In other languages

- Esperanto: Aleĉjo, Alenjo
- Finnish: Sasu, Saska
- French: Sacha
- German: Sascha
- Hindi: साशा
- Japanese: サシャ
- Russian: Са́ша
- Danish: Sascha
- Slovak: Saša

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.